a cell of the main tissue of the liver; liver cell
Word origin
[1960–65; hepato- + -cyte]This word is first recorded in the period 1960–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Pap test, buyback, deinstitutionalize, parvovirus, zip code-cyte is a combining form meaning “cell,” used as the final element in compound words.Other words that use the affix -cyte include: choanocyte, coenocyte, monocyte, solenocyte, spermatocyte
Examples of 'hepatocyte' in a sentence
hepatocyte
Hepatocyte cells make up 70-85 per cent of which organ's mass?